Which NFL Team Has Never Won a Super Bowl?
While there are a few teams that have never won a Super Bowl, the Buffalo Bills and the Minnesota Vikings have come the closest.
The Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays their home games at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. The Bills are the only NFL team that has not won a league championship in the Super Bowl era.
The Bills have never won a Super Bowl
The most recent NFL team to win a Super Bowl was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who won Super Bowl LV in February 2021. The Buffalo Bills, on the other hand, have never won a Super Bowl in their history.
The Bills have appeared in four Super Bowls (Super Bowls XXV, XXVI, XXXI and XLVII), but they have lost all four of them. In fact, the Bills are the only team in NFL history to lose four consecutive Super Bowls.
The Bills’ last appearance in the Super Bowl was in 1993, when they lost to the Dallas Cowboys 52-17 in Super Bowl XXVII. Since then, the Bills have made it to the playoffs on eight occasions (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2017), but they have never made it back to the Super Bowl.
They have been to the Super Bowl four times
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in Buffalo, New York. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The Bills have won two American Football League (AFL) championships, in 1964 and 1965. They played in the first AFL–National Football League Championship Game (Super Bowl I), but lost to the Green Bay Packers by a score of 35–10. Since reaching the Super Bowl in 1992, the Bills have only reached the playoffs once, during the 1998 season, in which they lost to the Tennessee Titans in the Wild Card round. The team has struggled mightily since then, compiling a record of 17–31 (.354) from 1999 to 2010, including an 0–8 record during the 2008 season—the worst regular season record ever posted by an NFL team that qualified for postseason play that year—and missing the playoffs for eleven consecutive seasons.
The Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.
The Vikings have never won a Super Bowl
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.
Although the Vikings have had success in their 59-year history, winning 11 division championships and 3 conference championships, they have never won a Super Bowl. They came close in 1974 and 1976, losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl IX and XIV respectively.
They have been to the Super Bowl four times
The Minnesota Vikings have been to the Super Bowl four times, but they have never won the big game. They lost to the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VIII, to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl IX, to the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XI, and to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
The Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football franchise based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) North division. As of 2019, they have yet to win a Super Bowl.
The Bengals have never won a Super Bowl
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football franchise based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Their home stadium is Paul Brown Stadium in downtown Cincinnati.
The Bengals have never won a Super Bowl, but they have qualified for the playoffs seven times, most recently in 2015.
They have been to the Super Bowl twice
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football franchise based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Their home stadium is Paul Brown Stadium in downtown Cincinnati.
The Bengals were founded in 1966 as a Cincinnati-based member of the AFL. They joined the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger of 1970, and participated as an AFC Central team from 1970 until 2001 when the division was realigned to its current form. The Bengals have reached two Super Bowls, XVI and XXIII, losing both times to the San Francisco 49ers. They have won six AFC titles and 13 divisional titles. As of 2019, they are the only team that has yet to win either a conference championship game or a Super Bowl appearance.
The Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers have never won a Super Bowl. In fact, they’ve only been to one Super Bowl, which was in 2003. The Panthers have been in the NFL since 1995 and have a record of 176-158-1. They’ve made the playoffs seven times.
The Panthers have never won a Super Bowl
Despite being founded in 1993, the Carolina Panthers have yet to make an appearance in a Super Bowl. In fact, they’ve only made it as far as the NFC Championship game twice in their history. The closest they came to winning a Lombardi trophy was during the 2003 season when they lost 32-29 to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
They have been to the Super Bowl twice
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The team is headquartered in Bank of America Stadium in uptown Charlotte; the stadium also serves as the home facility for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and NASCAR’s Charlotte Motor Speedway and hosts the Belk Bowl, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, and Checker Auto Parts 400.
